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Saturday, 21 October 2006 |
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Canada supports Israel, says Prime Minister
'Prime Minister Stephen Harper mounted a vigorous defence on Wednesday of his government's Middle East policy, saying support for Israel is "fundamental to what this nation has always stood for."
Speaking to a B'nai Brith dinner in Toronto, Harper made no apologies for his government siding with the Jewish state during this summer's fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
"When it comes to dealing with a war between Israel and a terrorist organization, this country and this government cannot and will never be neutral," Harper said in a speech that drew several standing ovations from the more than 1,000 members of the Jewish human rights group. "This position is rooted in what we have long stood for as a country."'
With that level of ass-licking he'll go far.
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